Workers of the Constructora Nacional de Valvulas (National
Manufacturer of Valves) Los Teques, Miranda State, in Venezuela, have
not received their salaries for two years and three months. After
having come into conflict with Andrés Sosa Pietri (the owner of the
factory), one of the industrialists that was involved in the April 2002
coup, the factory was closed. After the nationalisation of Venepal,
these workers, who had already occupied the Constructora Nacional de
Valvulas for several months a year ago, have occupied it again and are
demanding that it also be nationalised.

Given
the situation faced by the workers of the Constructora Nacional de
Valvulas (CNV) in Los Teques (Miranda State), who have not received
their salaries for two years and three months after having confronted
the coup-involved industrialist Andrés Sosa Pietri, and considering
that they are now occupying the factory and demanding its reopening
under workers’ control, we assert the following:

1. We entirely
support the struggle of the workers of the Constructora Nacional de
Valvulas and put ourselves at the disposal of the Action Committee to
organize solidarity with their struggle in our workplaces,
neighborhoods, etc

2. We call upon the Bolivarian Government to
act on this as soon as possible and, as was done in the case of Venepal
– which was also abandoned by its owner – to nationalise the
Constructora Nacional de Valvulas.

3. We believe that the
nationalisation under workers’ control of the Constructora Nacional de
Valvulas will not only allow to defend jobs but will also generate more
employment in the area and ensure the production of valves for the
State Oil Company PDVSA, given that the Constructora Nacional de
Valvulas is the only enterprise that manufactures such valves in
Venezuela.

4. While this is in process, we ask the authorities of
the Work Ministry of Labour and the Presidency to subsidise the
workers. At the same time we call upon all unions belonging to the UNT
(National Union of Workers) and all social organizations that support
the Bolivarian revolutionary process to organize active financial
solidarity with this struggle and collect funds to help the brave
resistance of these workers.

Signed..........................

Workers of the Constructora Nacional de Valvulas (National
Manufacturer of Valves) Los Teques, Miranda State, in Venezuela, have
not received their salaries for two years and three months. After
having come into conflict with Andrés Sosa Pietri (the owner of the
factory), one of the industrialists that was involved in the April 2002
coup, the factory was closed. After the nationalisation of Venepal,
these workers, who had already occupied the Constructora Nacional de
Valvulas for several months a year ago, have occupied it again and are
demanding that it also be nationalised.

Given
the situation faced by the workers of the Constructora Nacional de
Valvulas (CNV) in Los Teques (Miranda State), who have not received
their salaries for two years and three months after having confronted
the coup-involved industrialist Andrés Sosa Pietri, and considering
that they are now occupying the factory and demanding its reopening
under workers’ control, we assert the following:

1. We entirely
support the struggle of the workers of the Constructora Nacional de
Valvulas and put ourselves at the disposal of the Action Committee to
organize solidarity with their struggle in our workplaces,
neighborhoods, etc

2. We call upon the Bolivarian Government to
act on this as soon as possible and, as was done in the case of Venepal
– which was also abandoned by its owner – to nationalise the
Constructora Nacional de Valvulas.

3. We believe that the
nationalisation under workers’ control of the Constructora Nacional de
Valvulas will not only allow to defend jobs but will also generate more
employment in the area and ensure the production of valves for the
State Oil Company PDVSA, given that the Constructora Nacional de
Valvulas is the only enterprise that manufactures such valves in
Venezuela.

4. While this is in process, we ask the authorities of
the Work Ministry of Labour and the Presidency to subsidise the
workers. At the same time we call upon all unions belonging to the UNT
(National Union of Workers) and all social organizations that support
the Bolivarian revolutionary process to organize active financial
solidarity with this struggle and collect funds to help the brave
resistance of these workers.